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post #31 of 42
5/26/09 at 10:07am

Re: Icons of Screwball Comedy Vols 1/2 in August

Horrible artwork but these movies are so good they don't need it!

Nice to see some shorts added as extras but are trailers included?
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post #32 of 42
5/26/09 at 10:20am

Re: Icons of Screwball Comedy Vols 1/2 in August

The covers look fine to me and seem to be the start of a series of releases. Hopefully enough of us will buy these releases and there will be more volumes of the Icons of Screwball Comedy.
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post #33 of 42
5/26/09 at 11:53am

Re: Icons of Screwball Comedy Vols 1/2 in August

I have never bought a DVD because of it's cover. It is what is between the covers that count. And both of these volumes count.
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post #34 of 42
5/26/09 at 4:34pm

Re: Icons of Screwball Comedy Vols 1/2 in August

I have to agree with ahollis.I have never bought a dvd for it's cover artwork. If the cover artwork is good that's a bonus. I do understand that people believe that bad covers may turn off some buyers who are not familiar with the movies. But for me it's all about the movie.
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post #35 of 42
8/2/09 at 2:47pm
In today's Arts and Leisure section of The New York Times (and on his website), Dave Kehr has written a great piece about the 2 Icons of Slapstick Comedy box sets debuting on Tuesday. 
 
It was quite a well-written and funny article/review, (though if Loretta Young were alive to read his bitchy observation of her she may not have found it so funny.) Most importantly, however in the first sentence, he mentions the "gorgeous" transfers of all 8 screwball comedies.

Amazon hopefully will ship these to me today so I get them for Tuesday, this is definitely my most-anticipated release in quite some time and I hope SONY releases additional Volumes soon!
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post #36 of 42
8/4/09 at 11:04am
Just caught on to this , there is a review up for volume 2 over at DVDtalk.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/38078/icons-of-screwball-comedy-volume-2-theodora-goes-wild-together-again-the-doctor-takes-a-wife-a-night-to-remember/

I'm totally thrilled about this...keep them coming. So nice to see more Ray Milland and Brian Aherne films released.
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post #37 of 42
8/4/09 at 11:26am
I watched Theodora Goes Wild last night and found it very charming and funny, if not over the top in a lot of ways.  The transfer was good and sound excellent.  Tonight I will sit back for Too Many Husbands and A Night To Remember.  Thank you Sony for these wonderful gems and please keep them coming.
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post #38 of 42
8/13/09 at 5:32am
I just hope these unassuming covers don't cost Sony any sales as it would be terrible to lose our last line of support on the classic home video front due to poor marketing choices. I don't really care one way or the other, I can't wait to pick these up... but they could be a bit more eye catching for the buying public I reckon. Then again, I'm sure any consumer of target interest, already knows what these are about. I cannot wait for street date!!
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post #39 of 42
8/13/09 at 8:14am
Just FYI, these streeted over a week ago.
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post #40 of 42
8/13/09 at 8:48am
I haven't seen them in Montreal yet... I'm off to dig through retail shelves this aft though.
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post #41 of 42
11/16/09 at 7:37am
Are there enough unreleased Columbia Screwball comedies left that could make up a Vol. 3 or Vo. 4?
Hope the first two outings sold well, that there's a chance to get some more.

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post #42 of 42
4/13/10 at 1:34pm
Just in case anyone is interested, vol. 2 is on sale at Amazon $15.
 
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